Church/Monastery name:
Deir Dosi - THEODOSIUS
Inscription number:
1
Selected bibliography:
14 (ed. pr.) | |
152-153, no. 55.5, pl. 16.4 (ph) |
Epigraphical corpora:
SEG 8 (1937): 316
CIIP IV.1 (2018): 3205 (ph.)
Inscription type:
invocation/prayer
Location:
Findspot: Monastery of St. Theodosius (Deir Dosi), “östlich oberhalb der bekannten Höhle der Magier, also jedenfalls im Fußboden der Kirche, die sich einst über der Höhle erhob” (Alt).
Physical description :
Inscription in a mosaic frame; blue letters on white background, the lines divided by a row of red tesserae; frame in red – blue – white – blue – red.
Meas.: h 60, w 137 cm (frame); h (lines) 13.5 cm.
Text:
Κ(ύρι)ε Ἰ(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστ)έ, ἀνάπ-
αυσον τὰς
ψυχὰς τῶν
[δού]λων σου.
Translation:
Lord Jesus Christ, repose the souls of your servants. (CIIP)
Summary:
Invocation of Christ within a mosaic frame.